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Middle East Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online Middle East - Mean Annual Rainfall From Issues in the Middle East, Atlas, 1973 (120K) Kurdish Areas in the Middle East and the Soviet Union 1986 (254K) Middle East - Desert Locusts From Issues in the Middle East, Atlas, 1973 (124K) www.lib.utexas.edu /maps/middle_east.html   (391 words)

Welcome to Middle East Polls Middle East Polls is the first dedicated online polling site in the Middle East designed to stimulate debate and offer a convenient forum to express your opinion on a variety of issues that affect your daily life. www.middleeastpolls.com   (37 words)

WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources--Middle East Middle East Studies Association of North America-- An academic group for the study of the Middle East since the rise of Islam, principally from the viewpoint of the humanities and the social sciences. Encyclopaedia of the Orient-- Alphabetical compendium of information on North Africa and the Middle East, which "covers all countries and cultures between Mauritania in the west and Iran in the east, Turkey in the north and Sudan in the south," from the LexicOrient directory for the Middle East and North Africa. Middle East Research and Information Project-- From a non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Washington, D.C., varied independent perspectives on and insightful analysis of events and issues in the Middle East, with online news, commentaries, studies, and the free Middle East Report Online. www.etown.edu /vl/mideast.html   (1154 words)

Middle East Photograph Archive The Middle East Department of the University of Chicago Library maintains an archive of early photographs of the Middle East, which have been scanned and made available on the World Wide Web. In the second half of the nineteenth century, the spread of the art of photography and the influx of Europeans into the lands of the Middle East conjoined in the creation of a large number of photographs produced by professional photographers. However, the significance of these artifacts is enriched by their utility as historical documents of the architectural and social history of the Middle East. www.lib.uchicago.edu /e/su/mideast/PhotoArchive.html   (518 words)

Online NewsHour: Middle East Background Reports January 26, 2006-- Hamas Wins in Middle East The victory by the militant Islamic group, which has called for the destruction of Israel, was unexpected among leaders in the region and around the globe. Ray Suarez discusses the role of religion in the Shiite resistance with Juan Cole, professor of Middle East history at the University of Michigan, and Reuel Gerecht, a former CIA secret agent in the Middle East. John Abizaid Gen. John Abizaid, head of U.S. Central Command in the Middle East, discusses the ongoing violence in Iraq and terrorist militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/middle_east/middle_east.html   (16586 words)

Middle East News & World Report Official Website Hamas, which vowed to liberate all of the Palestinian lands occupied in 1948, refused to comply with the demands of Israel and the Quartet of Middle East mediators that it recognize the Israel, renounce resistance to occupation, and accept past agreements. The text of the so-called "road map" to achieve peace in the Middle East and a Palestinian state by 2005 as it was released by the Palestine Liberation Organization Several Attorneys in Europe and the Middle East said that they are preparing accusation briefs against Bush and his team. www.middleeastnews.com   (1140 words)

Middle East Theatre of World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In February 1943, command of the Eighth Army passed from the Middle East Command to the Allied Joint command for the Mediterranean, AFHQ. The Middle East Theatre of World War II is defined largely by reference to the British Middle East Command, which controlled Allied forces in both Southwest Asia and eastern North Africa. The British Middle East Command was based in Cairo with responsibility for Commonwealth operations in the Middle East and North Africa, and also those in East Africa, Persia, and the Balkans, including Greece. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Middle_East_Theatre_of_World_War_II   (1703 words)

The Middle East - Global Issues Given the vast energy resources that form the backbone of western economies, influence and involvement in the Middle East has been of paramount importance for the former and current imperial and super powers, including France, Britain, USA and the former Soviet Union. The Middle East is the most militarized region in the world and most arms sales head there. To the West, Israel is an ally only because of the oil interests in the Middle East region. www.globalissues.org /Geopolitics/MiddleEast.asp   (1186 words)

London Middle East Institute The aim of the LMEI, through education and research, is to promote knowledge of all aspects of the Middle East including its complexities, problems, achievements and assets, both among the general public and with those who have special interest in the region. With its own professional staff of Middle East experts, the LMEI is further strengthened by its academic membership - the largest concentration of Middle Eastern expertise in any institution in Europe. The London Middle East Institute (LMEI) draws upon the resources of London and SOAS to provide teaching, training, research, publication, consultancy, outreach and other services related to the Middle East. www.lmei.soas.ac.uk   (273 words)

MERIP - Middle East Research and Information Project Contradicting their lofty rhetoric, the Bush administration, along with the European Union, is undermining democracy and US credibility in the Middle East by sabotaging the result of the January 25 Palestinian elections. Free, web-only news analysis and commentary in addition to the in-depth coverage found only in the print quarterly Middle East Report. To live the East as film is to be in Dubai in mid-December, perched front-row in the outdoor cafés that dot the Madinat Jumeira Oriental theme park. www.merip.org   (516 words)

Middle East Regimes and Terrorism The Middle East includes 7 out of 19 of the most repressive regimes in the world and their weapons of mass destruction. It takes only a cursory glance at the history of the Middle East to realize that for the most part, neighboring dictatorships have ruthlessly exploited the Palestinians for their own ends with callous indifference to the consequences. The freest Arabs and Muslims in the Middle East www.middle-east-info.org /gateway.html   (3000 words)

MiddleEastEvents.com - A complete guide to events in Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palastine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, UAE, Yemen Funds World Middle East 2006 is the place to acquire the knowledge on - the developments in money market place, the challenges faced by managers and investors, the diversification of risks while maximizing returns, the keys to distribution and raising capital and the asset allocation strategies in the region. Middle East Events is partnering with regional portals that receive quality traffic. In conjunction with The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) of the United Kingdom, IIR Middle East is proud to offer a linked series of management training programmes leading to the award of the internationally recognised Executive Diploma In Management. www.middleeastevents.com   (818 words)

Middle East Works in all disciplines of the humanities and social sciences dealing with the Middle East since the sixth century CE are within the purview of the series. Random images from the Middle East Photograph Archive, which presents over 400 photographs, mostly from the late 19th century. The Middle East Department is located on the fifth floor of the Regenstein Library. www.lib.uchicago.edu /e/su/mideast   (412 words)

Middle East - Countries and Capitals - Free software Learn the countries of the Middle East and their capitals with this fun and educational puzzle game. Learn the geography of the Middle East with a free educational map puzzle. The countries of the Middle East and their capitals. www.yourchildlearns.com /puzzle_mea.htm   (358 words)

middle east map and map of the middle east countries landforms rivers and information pages Historically, Armenia and Azerbaijan have been long associated with the Middle East, but in recent years, some sources now consider them to be more closely aligned with Europe based on their modern economic and political trends. The countries of the Middle East are all part of Asia, but for clarity reasons we geographically show them here as a separate landmass. The African country of Egypt is still thought (by some) to be in the Middle East, as well as the northern African countries that border the Mediterranean Sea. worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/me.htm   (339 words)

Lewis. Race and Slavery in the Middle East In the later Middle Ages, it was the mamluks of Egypt who finally defeated and expelled the Crusaders and halted the Mongol advance across the Middle East, the Ottoman Janissary infantry who conquered Southeastern Europe. Several factors contributed to this difference, perhaps the most important being that the slave population in the Islamic Middle East was constantly drained by the liberation of slaves -- sometimes as an act of piety, most commonly through the recognition and liberation, by a freeman, of his own offspring by a slave mother. This view, if it was indeed held and put into practice, was unique in the ancient Middle East. www.fordham.edu /halsall/med/lewis1.html   (10313 words)

Middle East North Africa Internet Resource Guide In this document the Middle East is defined as broadly as possible. The Workshop on Middle East Internet Resources for K-12 Teachers is available. This guide was created to serve the needs of scholars, students, and interested individuals in finding and using internet resources dealing with the Middle East. www.cc.utah.edu /~jwr9311/MENA.html   (430 words)

Middle East Reformed Fellowship MERF is engaged in a spiritual battle for the souls of men and women, boys and girls in the Middle East. While it costs about one sixth of the cost of a Westerner to support a local Christian worker in the Middle East, the work of MERF is still in need of sacrificial financial support. is a religious, non-profit and non-political charitable organisation, serving in the Middle East on behalf of Reformed Family of Churches and believers worldwide. www.merf.org   (598 words)

MEI: What's New? Middle East International magazine has been a respected source for news, analysis, and commentary on the Middle East since 1971. Middle East International magazine, 1 Gough Square, London EC4A 3DE, UK. October 12th, 2005 -- At least 11 refugees from Sub-Saharan Africa died in late September and early October after being shot or crushed during a number of mass attempts to enter Europe by breaching the fences which encircle the Spanish enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta in northern Morocco. www.meionline.com   (690 words)

Middle East Facts - Your guide to understanding the Middle East conflict While many individuals have opinions on current Middle East events, most allow their current opinions to color their view of events, without having a good knowledge of facts on the ground. To find your way around Middle East Facts, please use the menus at the top and bottom of your screens, or the search tool on the top right. For this reason, we formed Middle East Facts, to give you the best online resource for facts pertaining to the Middle East. www.middleeastfacts.com   (530 words)

Middle East Reference: Chronologies and Biographies A chronology of Middle Eastern politics from 1908 to 1966. A chronology of Middle Eastern politics from 1967 to 1990. A chronology of Middle Eastern politics from 1991 to 2005. www.middleeastreference.org.uk   (299 words)

Middle East Newspapers and News Sites Washington based publisher of the Middle East Report Magazine providing in-depth analysis of events and developments in the region. Publishes Middle East Intelligence Bulletin (MEIB) dealing with strategic and internal political developments in the region. UK based Middle East portal providing news reports on a variety of topics. www.world-newspapers.com /east.html   (334 words)

Destinations: Middle East CDC Travelers' Health The preventive measures you need to take while traveling in the Middle East depend on the areas you visit and the length of time you stay. Travelers’ diarrhea can be caused by viruses, bacteria, or parasites, which are found throughout the Middle East and can contaminate food or water. Diseases found in the Middle East (risk can vary by country and region within a country; quality of in-country surveillance also varies) www.cdc.gov /travel/mideast.htm   (1909 words)

Middle East Forum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Forum's policy recommendations include fighting radical Islam (rather than terrorism), convincing the Palestinians that Israel is permanent, reducing funds going to the Middle East for energy purchases, slowing down the democratization process, and more robustly asserting U.S. interests vis-à-vis Saudi Arabia. The Middle East Forum, a think tank, works to define and promote the interests of the United States in the Middle East. The forum publishes two journals, the Middle East Quarterly, [1] and the Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Middle_East_Forum   (318 words)

Middle East Airlines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Middle East Airlines (MEA) is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization and the International Air Transport Association. Middle East Airlines is the national flag-carrier airline of Lebanon, based in Beirut. The airline was founded on 31 May 1945 by Saeb Salam, with the initial operational and technical support by BOAC, along with three de Havilland DH.89A Rapides. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Middle_East_Airlines   (548 words)

Middle East Partnership Initiative Under the direction of the Office of the Middle East Partnership Initiative in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the Department of State--and in coordination with partners in the region--MEPI is funding programs that help put in place the building blocks for democratic change. The Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) is the Bush Administration's response to calls for change in the Middle East. The State Department invites young professionals from the Middle East and North Africa to apply for four-month fellowships that will provide prestigious academic programs and internships in the United States. mepi.state.gov /mepi   (482 words)

The Peace Encyclopedia: The Middle East Is the Arab-Israeli dispute the key to the lack of peace in the Middle East? Quite apart from the values and hopes which the State of Israel enshrines - and the past injuries which it redeems - it twists reality to suggest that it is the democratic tendency of Israel which has interjected discord and dissension into the Near East. The basic rivalries within the Arab world, the quarrels over boundaries, the tensions involved in lifting their economies from stagnation, the cross pressures of nationalism - all of these factors would still be there, even if there were no Israel. www.yahoodi.com /peace/middleast.html   (420 words)

CENTER FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE & ECONOMIC COOPERATION Daniel Abraham and the Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation are pleased to have had the opportunity to host Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on his first Presidential visit to the United States. The Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation brings Middle Eastern policy makers, American government officials, and international business leaders together to help provide an atmosphere that encourages a peaceful resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Our activities include extensive travel in the region, diplomatic exchanges, and conferences featuring Middle Eastern and American leaders seeking peace. www.centerpeace.org   (134 words)

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